CIO Contract Job Trends

Chief Information Officer (CIO)
UK

The median Chief Information Officer (CIO) daily rate in the UK is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 561 639
Rank change year-on-year +5 +78 +176
Contract jobs requiring a CIO 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.006% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £330 £924 -
25th Percentile £525 £1,072 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £1,363 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.94% - -
75th Percentile £1,013 £1,672 -
90th Percentile £1,050 £1,831 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £1,050 £850 -
% change year-on-year +23.53% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,175 35,003 44,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,066 21,137 30,622
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 1,436 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.08 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.52 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

CIO
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'CIO' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CIO job vacancy trend in the UK

CIO
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CIO job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CIO job vacancies in the UK

CIO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CIO over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CIO in the UK

CIO
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIO within the UK over the 6 months to 15 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 5 £900 -33.94% 1
Work from Home +34 4 £900 -33.94% 1
London +16 2 £200 -89.33% 1
UK excluding London -15 1 £1,050 +23.53% 1
South East - 1 £1,050 - 1

CIO Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, CIO contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring CIO in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Document Management
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR

CIO Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Aviation
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Document Management
2 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC